Play
the Keyboard Stage 1 is a one-year course for beginners. It
introduces all the basic skills involved in playing the electronic
keyboard, enabling children to learn in a friendly and supportive
setting.

It's fun learning in a
group, and ideas are presented in many different ways so that
children are kept constantly engaged. The main course material
consists of a book and CD with backing tracks and learning is
reinforced through a variety of other activities and
material.

During the course they
become familiar with note values and rhythms in simple time, and
play right-hand tunes from traditional notation in the treble clef.
Other tunes are memorised, played from finger numbers or
improvised

They also learn how to
select voices and accompaniments, change the tempo and play simple
left-hand chord accompaniments. Playing in time with backing tracks
and auto-accompaniments develops their listening and ensemble
skills.

Play
the Keyboard Stage 2 is for children who have completed the
Stage 1 course.

This is a continuation of
Stage 1 but with more challenging music, improving dexterity and
co-ordination.

More complicated rhythms
and finger patterns are used, with more left-hand than in Stage
1.